A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant: Illustrated by Thirty-two Engravings, Fac-similes of Letters from Grant, Lincoln, Sheridan, Buckner, Lee, Etc. ; and Six MapsThis book is a biography of United States Army general during the American Civil War and 18th President, Ulysses S. Grant. |
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Page xiv
... Halleck's " Order Number Three " -Grant avoids the Appearance of Evil - His Loyalty to his Old Instructor - His Narrow Escape from Guerrillas -- A Little Newspaper Rivalry - Deals with Fugitive - Slave Cases - Bitter Hos- tility of ...
... Halleck's " Order Number Three " -Grant avoids the Appearance of Evil - His Loyalty to his Old Instructor - His Narrow Escape from Guerrillas -- A Little Newspaper Rivalry - Deals with Fugitive - Slave Cases - Bitter Hos- tility of ...
Page xv
... Halleck removes him from command - The Journalists in the Field - A couple of Horse Stories - Halleck's snail - like Movement - Divulging Military Informa- tion - Grant demands a Defined Position- " You fought the Battle of Corinth ...
... Halleck removes him from command - The Journalists in the Field - A couple of Horse Stories - Halleck's snail - like Movement - Divulging Military Informa- tion - Grant demands a Defined Position- " You fought the Battle of Corinth ...
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... Halleck four . Buckner came one year later , McClellan three , Burnside four , Warren seven , McPherson and Sheridan ten , and Howard eleven . Leaving the Academy , Grant went as far as Philadelphia with his classmate , Frederick T ...
... Halleck four . Buckner came one year later , McClellan three , Burnside four , Warren seven , McPherson and Sheridan ten , and Howard eleven . Leaving the Academy , Grant went as far as Philadelphia with his classmate , Frederick T ...
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... they were delighted to hear of one unknown Western general who thought that war meant fighting , and had availed him- self of his earliest opportunity to stir up the enemy . 1861. ] HALLECK'S " ORDER NUMBER THREE . " 199.
... they were delighted to hear of one unknown Western general who thought that war meant fighting , and had availed him- self of his earliest opportunity to stir up the enemy . 1861. ] HALLECK'S " ORDER NUMBER THREE . " 199.
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... Halleck here . He is the best man for the West . " Halleck proved a soldier with some strong points , but excessively dogmatic and rude to visitors . A good military theorist , but so timid that he would never attack without a sure ...
... Halleck here . He is the best man for the West . " Halleck proved a soldier with some strong points , but excessively dogmatic and rude to visitors . A good military theorist , but so timid that he would never attack without a sure ...
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